It's called a Toyota Century because that's how long it took for Pete to get it on the road

We need Pete’s car special soon

As someone who sold eclipse glasses... I had people coming in literally 15 minutes before the eclipse asking for them lmao

I am so glad you finally got that fookin car sorted out mate

Best toilets are in the high-end department stores in areas like Ginza, Tokyo. Especially for women, as they have posh areas to freshen make-up as well as toilets you don't have to touch anything (lid rises, the birds chirp to hide your indiscrete noises, the lid lowers on rising, the unit flushes automatically, and the whole stall is sanitized in blue light. Amazing. High-end hotels often have beautiful, Zen-like rooms in dark marble and so on. You don't have to stay in the hotel to use the facilities. Simply wander in and out.

"Watch out for this spider" Makes it sound like one particular individual is a menace. "This spider likes to try and catch a peep at you on the loo!"

Pocket WiFi was the best. We used it for everything even worked in the middle of the mountains in Hakone. I’d highly recommend a pocket WiFi.

I am in Dallas and was lucky enough to see the full eclipse....I think it was super cool as there will not be another one in this area for 100 years! The birds were so funny you could see them scurrying to sleep and then when it moved again a few minutes later and started to get light again, they looked around like 'what the hell is going on?". LOL

The good thing about pocket wifi is it prolongs your phone's battery life significantly by using wifi instead of cellular data. And you can keep it charged with a power bank while hidden away instead of tethering your phone to the power bank when its low on battery.

I own a Chaser (an other large-ish Toyota 4door from Japan) The traction control thing is common what happens is that the capacitors used in the electronics don't last forever and after a few decades leak. Getting them fixed isn't impossible but it does require an electronics specialist. OR... if the warning lights are common between all toyotas from this era it could be an ABS sensor etc.

"The eclipse wasn't that interesting" [cries in astronomer 🥲]

Just ate fresh direct-to-customer conveyor-belt sushi last week in Nagoya. The place was packed, and the food was great!

I still do pocket wifi when I visit Japan, because it can also give you high speed data for your laptop back in the hotel if the hotel's wifi is crap. Which it often is. If that weren't a concern, I would definitely go for the e-SIM.

Video was privated lol. Also I wish these were longer.

Huge fan, Keep on producing this quality.enjoying it very much,thx to you!!❤

Pete - I'm the editor for the Jim Cornette podcasts. Hope you enjoyed WrestleMania. What was your highlight? Did you go to the DEAN~! show?

Currently in Japan. If you don't have a phone capable of e-sim, the physical sim from the jr company is really good and easy to set up. Also a lot cheaper than other carriers and better data usage. Used it for maps and KZfaq all day long and haven't had an issue so far-hope this helps

If Pete starts showing clips of his new car in the podcast/KZfaq channel, will this make it tax deductable for business purposes?

I almost died laughing when I saw the cyber truck called der wankpanzer!

The eclipse glasses were made by companies using approved lenses by NASA for safety, and media had been talking about them until the eclipse started, so that might be why people were running in for them.

Tesla sales are down 13% but all other EV sales are up 83%.

Seems like Pete with Bolt would have been better off with DCFC/rapid charging. Bolt DCFC sucks but you won't be hunting around for cheap level 2/fast chargers. parking.

Insane that you have to charge the car to give it back. I rent electric cars quite often here in Malaysia, and the whole benefit is that you don't have to fill up with petrol before you give it back, because obviously you just plug it in and it's charged by the next day when someone else wants it. Who's renting a car in the evening? But yeah, I always go petrol if I'm travelling more than 200km. It's just not worth the hassle.

For phone coverage "Google fi" had unlimited text and data roaming in japan. In the states it uses the t-mobile network.

Just learned that I will probably have to cancel plans for my trip to Japan next year due to financial reasons and it was one of the things that I was really looking forward to after getting back at my job. Even though I'm quite sad about that I'll still enjoy listening and watching you guys very much. Maybe things will start trending back towards being able to visit before the Yen regains too much value.

We need Pete reviewing his Toyota Century!! I’m looking forward to it.

ESims are wonderful and we had great coverage including up in the mountains near Nagano. We also had one phone with an actual sim so we could and receive voice calls. Very useful for calling ahead if your accommodation offers pick up. Also fun to answer a call with 'mushi mushi'. The actual sim is expensive , about 8 000 y for 30 days but was worth it. Easy to set up too, as were the eSims.

Hamazushi is great for the kids who can get a kids meal order with a token for the gachapon machines. Always go there on the 1st or 2nd day in Japan.

🗣️🎙️🔊😬🙉 I'd hate to hear how Chris sounded _before_ the audio was cleaned up.

Pete is rocking out as the fifth beetle!

to the caller about the pocket wifi, i just got back from 2 weeks in Japan ATT charged me $10 a day, $100 a month maximum a month for my phone plan to work in Japan (unlimited everything) I had max service the whole time and it was better than my service in america.

Probably the best way of learning about how to buy a Toyota Century from Japan, without actually being in Japan.

I almost went for a wi-fi dongle but before I got to book it, they removed the cheapest plan. I considered going for the plan next up which would have cost me $120 and a headache for a month. I went with airalo instead for $6...

Yeah weird video was suddenly not available and back up a later. I absolutely loved Perfect Days, awesome sound track too. After watching the movie I made the trip to the transparent toilets near Yoyogi Park and sadly the walls don't work anymore. Had I more time I would of gone to some of the others.

Pocket wifi does get hot sometimes…it makes for a great portable heater in the winter 🤭

One thing i learned about public toilets in parks is: never...NEVER look up

8:49 Except for him and Connor lol

Awesome job chris with the podcast

Perfect Days is a great film. Highly recommended.

There a channel here on KZfaq call Tokyo Btm and it’s about the gay life in Japan. They are two friends who talk about lgbt thing in Japan.

We came in 2007 and the squatting toilets were a huge culture shock. I will never forget the pictures describing what you should do. I’m glad I was young then because I don’t think I have the knee strength to squat over a toilet anymore. lol

While I immediately believe that based on your and connors love hotel videos, I must say that that museum owner was far from "under the radar"

EVs aren't for long road trips yet, especially in the US. They're more for your daily commute, where you can recharge overnight

The gross amount of food waste in Japan exceeds 8 million tons. Although Japan can't make the same population boasts as larger countries, it is a densely populated land. That is also the primary culprit for Japan's large food waste numbers.

Weird. Video went private while I was watching it.

eSim is the best option in my opinion. Much cheaper than pocket Wifi if you want to use it for at least two months.

I used pocket wifi the first time I went to Japan in 2018. It was ok, but as mentioned it was kinda slow, and annoying to have another device to charge and carry around. However, I went again last year, and I found out that my carrier, AT&T, is fully compatible with Japanese cell networks. I didn't have to do anything and my phone just worked over there, although it costs $10 per day. A bit pricey compared to pocket wifi, but much more convenient, and it worked great from Tokyo all the way to Yakushima!

When I was in Japan in February we went to a kura in Tokyo and the only things at the table were the utensils and the matcha. All the sauces went around on a plate in packets and you had to order everything on the touch screen. They never had anything just going around. The service was quick though. So I wouldn’t say you’re gonna miss much.

A local sushi chain here uses a tablet on your table to order and the order is delivered via conveyor belt in a race car with plates on top straight to your table! It doesn't go around it just goes straight and stops at your table which solves the hygiene issue and you are sure the sushi is made fresh! 😄

I think the converyer belt SHOULD get discontinued until people realize a good thing they had and it's too late. Only for years later to be brought back and be successful.

"I saw the eclipse" he says while constantly rubbing his eye. :D

My home town, Windsor Ontario in Canada, is currently building a billion dollar EV battery plant. I certainly hope EV is the future with that kind of investment.

FYI Kiyotsu Gorge toilets are a silver dome thats see through from the inside only.

Trekking down the side path from the Nunobiki park in Kobe, we came across a restroom. It turned out that a) it was full of spiders and b) it was squat toilets only. We decided to hold on until we got down to the train station again.

I was parking to start a hike and no joke one of those tesla trucks drove by me scaring the crap out of me. 'The f are you' was pulled involuntarily from my mouth hahhahaha

We have a sushi restaurant with one of those robot servants instead of a conveyor belt and its much nicer, we order small portions via an iPad and then the food is brought by either the robot or a staff member. Every plate you leave with food on costs you an extra sum of money roughly equal to = $3, so eat up!

I've just come back from a holiday in New Zealand and I was surprised at how popular sushi is there, I feel like I saw more sushi restaurants than in Japan. Although the presentation was different: they had self-service cabinets for the small pieces (help yourself using tongs)then counters to order cooked dishes from the menu, so the overall feeling was a bit more fast food.

Renault 5 seems pretty sweet for big cities.

I thought it'd be about quality, but the actual topic was just a bot of a change in the way the sushi goes around. as someone who never picks anything from those plates that just go around, and only eats the stuff that was ordered, I think that's a good change. However, concerning the quality: Last autumn I when I was finally able to visit Japan again after way too long because of Covid etc., I went to the Kura-Sushi in Asakusa. They had big signs with the Downtown duo on it and everything, and it seemed to be some sort of new flagship store or something. Inside it looked new and nicely decorated so I had my hopes up, but the sushi... I'm not sure if it was just this restaurant, or if it's the same in all Kura-Sushi places (not sure if I visited them much before), but the quality was bad. The rice wasn't good, and it didn't even taste much like Sumeshi. The Neta also was mostly fairly small and taste-wise it also wasn't that great. Usually I easily get more than 10 plates, usually around 15 I'd say, but that time I didn't even get 10 because it just wasn't very good. Surely, the 100 Yen Kaiten-Zushi isn't the highest quality sushi there is, but I rememebr it being much better at Hama-Zushi, Genki, etc. Also, funnily enough, the Sushi I ate a few months later in a Sushiro in Hong Kong was also miles better than the Kura-Sushi in Japan... Back then I used a pocket WiFi, but last time I just used a SIM. I didn't feel much of a difference in qualtity, but since the pocket WiFi also needs to be charged, I'd say a SIM is probably a bit easier to use :) 18:30 It could be a bit more difficult if the connectiong flight is in Haneda and you arrive in Narita, btu still, with the signs everywhere it should be fine..! I hope we'll see Pete's car soon. That was quite the long journey! :)

Wow. He's not moving. The Pete is usually swinging his chair, seems to be his version of chewing gum, for concentration & is the visual equivalent of a dripping tap! Distracting. Oh oh, he's started......

RE: Section two on homosexuality in japan. Does Chris not even look at something like timeouttokyo? Its literally like TOKYO PRIDE WEEK or something this week.

I had no idea there was sushi that just went around and around on a conveyor belt. I thought all of them worked like that place Joey, Chris, and Pete visited in a recent video where you order what you want and it’s simply delivered via the conveyor system.

I really recommend the film A Perfect Day. I would love to know what you think.

Seems you've forgotten the US has a major eclipse on the East Coast just a couple years ago, so YES people know where they were on sale BEFORE and probably went back there, again, because they asked neighbors and got the "I think we got ours ..." from them. The US isn't just a small island which has the geographical footprint of a hedgehog.

If one day Chris retires and goes back to the UK, I can see him making high quality documentaries of Pete's adventures. Pete Donaldson The Movie, even...

I might lick a doughnut... But only one that I purchased. There's a place near me that makes delicious ones but they're messy and sometimes you need to to stop toppings from falling off lol

I agree, I dont trust the ones that have been going around for who knows how long. My local conveyer belt sushi place in Osaka just updated to the plates shooting straight to your table.

Tesla is currently in the process of laying off 10,000 people due to lack of demand. Ford recently announced that even with government subsidies and tax incentives they lose around $8,000 per EV. Toyota recently announced they are to stop producing fully electric vehicles to concentrate on hybrids due to lack of demand. Expensive to buy, inconvenient to charge, very expensive to repair, they are not an option for average Joe.

"Pain in the eye Pete " fucking Big Whoop on getting the car finally. ;)

Squat toilets are better for your health (unless you get bit by a spider)

I really enjoyed Perfect Days. Damn good movie in my book

The best toilet is found in Cris’s house…

That was THE most out of context intro 😂

i went to team labs OSAKA in october and the squat toilets were very much alive and well, ( maybe not well, but something was defo alive)

I have those glasses, ttjank you Pete

I need the car episode now! 😂

Sound like chris put the mic on +48v and breaking it in the process

sorrie what japan has one of the highest food waist eggs are only good for 2 weeks is just 1 example

these guys just sook & whingd about everything

Hmm TC off on the Toyota Century. I wonder if someone has been doing sick drifts around Beppu haha.

I have a sad feeling that in the not-too-distant future, Japan is going to lose a lot of its charming qualities that's made it so popular. Already Gion has now been banned from tourists, and visitor limits I believe have been put in place due to too much tourism (I wholly understand these). But stuff like trust in one another to not steal or destroy things, I feel that is going to be eroded away, because we're already seeing it.

easy solution for Sushi. Just give the sushi they order at the counter. Wait till your order is done and pick it up immediately

Japanese-style toilets are better for you. Reduces colon cancer and stuff. Still weird tho.

The best toilets in Japan are the ones you can eat curry rice in.

For an EV, Tesla is much simpler renting as their are generally many more superchargers, the online map shows you how to get there and they are reliable. Third oarty chargers can be much more difficult

Ask someone today how they feel about the social uproar created in the mid 1800s when a female apeared in public wearing *gasp!* trousers, and almost none of them would be able to understand any of it. Let those same people see a burly male with a five o:clock shadow in a nice dress and heels and, assuming they are honest, they will admit to being momentarily shocked at the very least. It takes time for societies to accept change. Those brave souls willing to risk societal wrath to help those changes happen deserve our utmost respect and gratitude. By the same token, those who find it extra difficult to adjust, so long as they remain reasonably civil, deserve our patience and understanding.

Keep the traction control off, install a limited slip differential, and then boom, drift car.

"Best toilet"? the first one you get to after a big breakfast including 3 cups of coffee.

Electric cars probably aren't quite there yet, there was an electric car recently in the UK that had its brakes jam on and had to be stopped by police. I'll stick with useless petrol guzzllers for now...😁

People are not buying as many Tesla’s why more cheaper better build EV’s have hit the market, originally Tesla was your only choice if you wanted an EV, Elon’s ego was well and truly fed for a few years, now reality has bitten and also the joke that is the cybertruck, why would anyone buy one of those. I really want to see Pete’s car we have heard about it we have suffered along with him during this journey, now we really want to see the end product

Traditional squat toilet are more hygienic than the western style toilet. It is installed back in some countries in Europe 😅

Pete finally got his car 🎉👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

It makes me sad and annoyed that Pete said the eclipse wasn't interesting without explaining. The last total eclipse over London was in 1715, so I'm guessing that you haven't experienced totality, and probably don't understand the difference. I don't mean to be condescending, I thought it was super cool and want to make sure you and your listeners know that you need to experience the real deal, a partial eclipse isn't the same. You've got more chances in Spain 2026 and Japan 2035.

Have you guys watched Shogun?

Here in the US is that Biden promised to fund all the charging stations but so far there has only been a 7% increase in charging stations across the nation. smh

The tesla comment hasn't aged well. They recalled all 4000 cybertrucks last week 🤣

Pete looks like Val Kilmer today

Pete definitely chose the wrong car. I have been driving a Tesla for 6 years with no charging issue.

As Pete found, there's minimal to zero infrastructure and support for electric vehicles outside of major cities,= here in the USA, so there's not much point in buying an electric vehicle unless it's a hybrid (electric/petrol) . It'll be this way until some company is willing to step up and make a large long term investment which is not something American money people like to do, they like short term investment and quick profits. As an expat Brit of many years, I find the USA backwards, underfunded and outdated in it's approach to modernizing and investing in it's future with technology, infrastructure and education. if they paid as much attention to it as they do to their obsession with "freedom" it would be an entirely different picture. (sorry for getting a bit political, not really meant as such, just observations over the 30 odd years I've lived here) ... Love your podcasts btw. 😁👍👍👍👍👍

In the EU haptic feedback and actual buttons are mandotry in cars.